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JAPAN AND NETHERLANDS
"But England Would
Not Allow It"
EX-GOVERNOR GENERAL'S
OPINION
Defence Greatly Improved
Batavia, Jan. 30.
IF Japan went to the Netherlands Indies with a big force the Dutch colonies would have to capitulate, said Jonk- heer de Jonge, former Governor-General, in an interview, with the Amsterdam Alegemeen Handelsblad, but
AIME. CHIANG KAI-SHEK
JOHN IN HIDING FROM ELAINE
Hollywood, Jan. 20.
1937.
INDIES
Patent
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A. Studio Talk On
Hungarian Life
LONDON BROADCASTS ·
Radio Programme Broadcast by wavelength of 335 Z.B.W. on n
31.49 metres
metres (845 kc's.),
MR. John Barrymore and his (0.52 megacycles).
wife; formerly Miss Elaine Barrie, whom he married last November after two years' tem- pestuous courtship, are in the throes of their first big quarrel as man and wife."
He has filled a document in the County Court revoking powers
"Let us not think of such a possibility," he added, because England and America would not allow it. A recent photograph of the wife of of attorney which he had granted expect no war between Japan and Netherlands India."
"7
“IMPUDENT TRICK” POSSIBILITY
Governor,
Navy, men will become available for guard- 4THE Army and also the "THE
improved considerably during ing buildings, bridges etc."
Speaking of international develop- my terms of offer ar General," he continued, "Balikpapan ments, the ex-Governor-General said, and also Tarakan in Borneo are well "No one can prophesy as to the fu fortified, and New Guinen la guardedture, If Japan went to Netherlands much better now.. Ambon, one of India with a big force then we would have to lay down," but let us not the Maluccas Islands, is becoming
think of such a possibility, because relict base for the fleet.
un-England "As to the Army, this has doubtedly become smaller, but the allow it,
Increased. defensive power Through economising and owing to
has
and America would not
"IMPUDENT TRICK" POSSIBLE
"I expect no war between Japan new regulations for defence, the and the Netherlands Indies, but the Java Army is weakened, but the old possibility that I always expect is an We servicemen in Java are now being "impudent trick," a deed of agres-
barisan (eusion in order to intimidate... reorganised and the xiliary troops) In Madura is being must be on the alert for such local actions and besides we must be a extended.
"At the same time barisan are be-valuable support to an eventual ally." ing organised in Bali and Lombok. In this way thousands of excellent in
National Gallery Masterpiece
AN UNPUBLISHED LETTER
Speaking of the economic position the Dutch Colonies the ex- Governor-General said, "The con- tinuation of tin restriction is of great importance; of rubber I need not say
Ietcher tobacco anything:
good prices and the position of copra and palm oil is favourable.
weak
"Only sugar remains the point, especially for Java, which is a care for the Government with its 40,000,000 inhabitants.
"People will not get back quickly the former luxury and wealth, but there are again good prospects for Netherlands India provided no great changes take place on international
The National Gallery WAS founded in 1824 by the pur-grounds."- chase of the Angerstein collec-, tion, and two years later its DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH treasures were added to by Sir George Beaumont's generous gift of fine paintings.
VALUE OF ENGLISH ESTATE £521,000
and
The late Duke of Buccleuch Sir George Beaumont was well known to an amateur artist and a Queensberry, father of the Duchess great friend to his professional col- of Gloucester, who died on October whom Was R. 19, 1935, aged 71, left estate in Eng- among leagues, Cozens. The two principal pletures of the gross value of £551,204, with £320,805, on are Rubens's land net persoanity presented by him. magnificent Chateau
de Steen" which estate duty of £127,709 has (06) and Nicolas Poussin's superb been paid.
Probate of his will, dated Decem Figures" (40), "Landscape
tober 1, 1914, which deals only
With "Phocion," formerly known
been the English property, has the which he refers in a long letter to granted to the son, the present Duke. Farington, the Diarist, dated Rome, November 8, 1821 (his birthday), The will states that, having made for his daughters and the day after he arrived at that provision Imperial City. He writes in rapture younger sons, the testator left all his with Italy. You may judge of his English property to his son, the Duke delight in the following hitherto of Buccleuch. unpublished passages from the letter:-
with
UB
"I cannot express my feeling at the sight of this comparative para dise of Painters, after an absence of 40 years, save one. I this morning walked up the steps of the Trinito,
The bulk of his Scottish estate, amounting to £432,188, was also left. to the eldest son. The particulars of The Morning the will appeared in Post on October 25,
and proceeded to the Villa Medie; BANK OF ENGLAND'S the view of the city from this place
Is so refined and splendid, I shall
not attempt to describe it.
"I took my station near the foun-
LOYAL ADDRESS
DEVOTION TO THE KING
tain which N. Poussin has introduced
A Special General Court of the into my picture now at the Royal Academy, making it my foreground Governor and Company of the Bank to the splendid display of Domes, of England has approved the follow- Temples, Arches and Monuments ing loyal and dutiful address to the spread out and extended before me, King:
is 100
them "Moor GRACIOUS Sovereign,
the occasion of Your
moment.
to
China's dictator.
BIG MOCK WAR
IN MARCH
FLEET TO MEET AT
GIBRALTAR
MERCHANT SHIPS MAY TAKE PART
By Ilector C. Bywaler The first units of the Home Fleet,
which sailed from home on Jan. 18 for Gibraltar for spring exercises, consists of six battleships, an air- craft carrier, three cruisera, and 18 destroyers. They will be followed
inter by another aircraft carrier and alne more destroyers.
From "The Rock" various units of the Fleet will make visits to Lisbon and ports in Northern Africa. All ships will repssemble at Gibraltar at the end of February to take part with
the Mediterrancan Fleet in
her...
The trouble began while they were attending a party at the fashionable Trocadero restaurant here. Mr. Barry more, who is 54, was seen to get up from their table suddenly and stride out in what his wife describes as "the true imperious Barrymore fashion."
While refusing to state the cause of the quarrel, Mrs. Darrymore, who is 21, said to-day; -
"He has not yet returned nor com- municated with me, though it was nothing serious and I quite ex- pect everything will be all right. only made suggestions to him for his own good, but he seemed to resent them and walked out on me."
IN HOTEL
IK.T.
12.30 Chamber Music.. 1 Timo and Weather,
1.03 Joseph Hislop (tenor) with Amolita Galli Curci (soprano),
1.30 Reuter Press, Rugby Press; Weather, Time and Announcements. 1,40 Fox and His Orchestra,
Hoy 2.15 Close Down.
4-7 pm. Chinese Programme.
7
Vocal Tight on the trail.. Wilfrid. Thomas (Baritone); Instru- mental-Maria Mari....Serge Krish Vocal-Jo-Jo the Cannibal Septet; Vo Kid. Lavalda Carter; Banjo Solo- St. Louis Blues....Eddie Peabody; Vocal-Flower Song... Bobby Breen; Saxophone Solo-La Precicksd.... Marcel Mule; Vocal-I'm an old cow- SALIS hand from the Rio Grande...... Rocky Mountaineers; Piano Solo- Old fashioned love...."Buck" Wash- ington; Yodelling-Mountain Mela- dies.. George Van Dusen.
The
7.30 Closing local Stock Quota- tons and Hongkong Exchange Mar- ket Report
7.35 De Groot and His Or chestra
Selection of Chopin Melodies' (arr. De Groot); "Four Indian Love Lyrics (Amy Woodforde-Finden); Till
I wake; The Temple Bells; Until (Sanderson); Old Spanish Song Mr. Barrymore is believed to be (Louis
"Les Aubert);
Millions hiding in a Hollywood hotel. It d'Arlequin" (Drigo); Only for you recalled that he left his former wife, (Strong). Miss Dolores Costello, in similar clr-
8. p.m. Time, Weather and An- pected him back he went to Europe cumstances and although she ex-nouncements.
8.03 Songs by Peter Dawsen (Bass-Baritone).
and never returned to her.
Two days before Christmas the famous actor denied a report that his wife was expecting a happy event, adding "I wish it were true. I'd be tickled to death."
Land:14
Our River Thames (Hennessy); The Drums are on parade (Neville); Outward Bound (Stanford); Drake's Drum (Stanford).
к
p.m. London-"This is Eng- Talke by representative Mrs. Barrymore's friends say that English people, No. 5.
Herbert she wishes to go to San Francisco Holdsworth, M.P. of Bradford, Yorks, next month to accept a stage engage-an employer from the Industrial ment and that her husband is not North. Introduced by ready to say yes.
Weymouth (Electrical Recording
manoeuvres on a large scale between "EXECUTION" BY nouncements.
March 1 and March 0,
It is not yet known these
to are
be held
whether the in
Mediterranean or, as happened in 1934 and again in 1935, in the Atiantle, where there is more "sea
room" and less likelihood of inter- ference with merchant shipping.
·DEFENCE OF TRADE
When--the two-Fleets-meet-they- will have a total strength of nine battleships, two battle cruisers, 12 cruisers, three aircraft carriers and 10 destroyers. No submarines from the Home Fleet are taking part, but seven boats from the Mediterranean command may be present.
DYNAMITE
WOMAN JEWEL THIEF'S STORY
SHOT AND LEFT TO BE BLOWN UP
8.30 London-The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra, directed by Henry Hall.
8.55 London-Newi and An-
9.15 Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26 (Max Bruch), Played by Yehudi Menuhin and the London Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Sir Landon Ronald.
1st Movement-Allegro moderato; 2nd Movement-Adagio; Srd Move ment-Allegre energico.
9.40 From the Studio, "Hun- garian Life." A Talk by Miss Frances Hotham.
10 p.m. London-Big Ben. Dance Muslo by Joseph-Mecus and His Band. (Electrical Recording).
10.45 Variety.
New York,..Jen.......1.. A dynamite explosion in a pri- vately-owned powder-house, which broke a number of windows in
Vocal "Form Fours"-War Songs Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Medley (arr. Giraud)...The Big shook buildings over a radius of 50 Four.; Organ Solo-Medley of Daly's miles, proved to have been one of Favourites....Reginald Foort, the most unusual "executions" in
11 p.m. Close Down. (criminal annals.
Blan
It was intended to remove all traces of the bodies of Helen Seldier DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES It is understood that the excrcises and Harold Baker, who had parti- will, as in previous years, bo con-
The following wave-lengths and frequencies cipated in a Sioux City jewellerysed by Daventry. cerried with the defence of trade.
store robbery. In that case the British mercantile
Before
the fuse renched the marine will be invited to co-operate.
powder magazine, containing 3,300 British merchant ships played Д pounds
of dynamite and
7,500 prominent part in the 1935 exercises, pounds of black powder, the woman, who had been shot and beaten on when their enthusiastic co-operation yielded valuable experience. Owing the head with a hammer, recovered to the Mediterranean crisis, no com-consciousness suficiently crawl bined manoeuvres were held last far enough away to escape the ex- усаг.
plosion.
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS :
In view of the new policy of rea- toring the Navy to full efficiency, it la probable that ships engaged in the March "war" will do more steaming at high speed than was possible in previous years, when oll fuel was
es Accession to the Throne, severely rationed.
General
an
of
St. Peter's towering amongst what all, the Hero of the Scene-bul a colour? I fear St Paul's is of a wo, Your Majesty's most dutiful sub- very different Unt at this In short, I am sorry to say, Nature lects, the Governor and Company of
the Bank of England in of Ultamarine sparing of
in ong- land. I was pleased to find I re- Court assembled, beg leave humbly tained a strong recollection of the to approach Your Majesty with hues of this enchanting climate, expression of our devotion to Your although I confess is ethereal Majesty's Person and our constant loyalty to the Throne: confident that splendour surpassed my
expon I am now confirmed la my
the welfare and happiness of Your which I have often expressed you, people will ever be the objects
Your Majesty's solicitude. ancient that N. Poussin painted
We pray that Your Majesty's Greece, Claude Elysium, and old Wilson Italy. I think of him at Reign may be long and happy, and every step. You ought to come that the blessing of God may rest here were it only to do justice to upon Your Majesty and upon Your Royal Consort, Our Gracious Queen your old Master....
Elizabeth," LINACCURATE. STATEMENT.....
Farington, who was a pupil of Richard Wilson, the famous painter, gave Edwards and other writers on art Information about him, but never himself produced a life of his master,
It is said in a recently volume
1837),
to
Although she is not expected to recover from her wounds, she was able to tell the police an unusual story, naming those allegedly respon- sible. One has already been ar- rested.
Helen Seidler, in intervals of con- sciousness in hospital, sald that she, Baker, and three others had parti cipated
worth of On Bast occasions big ships have 95,000 collars (27,000 ich netted been usually restricted to 12 knots.jewellery and a small amount of and cruisers and destroyers to pro- cash, but that the others had begun portionately low speed. This handi-
to fear that she and Baker would cap deprived the exercises of much "squawic." of their training value, and was an example of false economy.
Some weeks before the coming
exercises the three big aircraft carriers, Furlous, Courageous and Glorious, are to meet at Malta and then make a practice cruise In the Eastern Mediterranean under the command of Vice-Admiral N. F. Laurence.
THEY HAD TOOTHACHE
IN PREHISTORIC DAYS
"Art in England toll. that in his Dairy Farington "tells us nothing of the mysterious John
Phoenix, Ariz, Jan, 25, Wilson,
of the landscape Bon
The Inhabitants of the Salt River valley during the 13th and 14th painter, who appealed to the Royal Academy for assistance in 1795 andenturies suffered arthritis and toothaches, just as modern people do, archaeologists concluded to-day after examining the weathered skeleton of a man, found in a wall of the Pueblo Grande ruins here.
The skeleton, measuring Ave feat in height, was the 12th found in the ruins during the past two years.
1796, and of whom there is no record Cxcept in the Academy Minutes. Yet Farington' was a member of the "Academy Council in 1787," when a grant of money was made to John Wilson."
The statement that there : le no record of John Wilson "except ¡in. the Academy Minutes' Is incorrect. On July 10, 1797, Farington, in a letter to the President and Counell of the Royal Academy,
said:
"John Wilson, who last year received the Charity of the Academy, is since doad of a consumption.”
J. D. Hayden, research worker, pointed to the enlarged kneecap and
decayed and abscessed teeth.
She told the police, "It was because they were afraid that Baker would squeal and because I knew too much that we were taken for 'n ride."
SAW FUSE BURNING Near the powder cache, which was about the size of a garage, set at a lonely spot, as the law requires, she was beaten on the head, and did not recall either she or Baker being shot, although she had four bullet wounds in her body.
came
She said, "When I cam to I saw the powder fuse burning a few feat from me. I was half numb. The pain made me half-conscious. I could Eco Balter Lying beside the shack. I
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15.65 metros 19.66 metres 43.10 metry 19.76 metres 10.67 molɣDE
(G.B.D., ..Q.. · G.8.0.)
Big Bon John Londoner at
Home -8. 4.1. p.m. Beethoven String Quarials..." 3 p.m. 'Suggestions for, your Book Llet' 6.15 p... A Proammens -ot. New Grani
phone teoorda.
5.40 p.m. The News and Annoutesmeni la. Greenwich Time Signal at b.65 -p.m.
Transmissioni 2
(GBB, 080, G.B.H.),
1 p.m. Be Beni An Organ Recital 7.30 p.m. From Ball so Bloem.' 8.10 p.m. Musical Interlude. 8.13 p.m. This is England.” 1.20 p.m. The B.B.C. Danes Orchestra, N 8.55:p.m. The News and Annosticements. Greenwich Time Signal at 9.16 p.m. 9.10 p.m. Two«l,"
Transmission 8
(G.S... 0.3.F., G.SI.)
10 p.m. Big Den: Dance Music. 10.43.p.m. A Recital by Elleen
(Australian Pint
Italph
11.18 gamA CountrysÄTIE 11.10 p.m. The Gershom Parkington Quintet. 12 m. London Pie (Secondtion). 12.30 . The News and Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 12.45 am, 12.50a.m. Dance Music.
Miss Violet Capell has received a
| dragged Wing hurled letter of thanks from Sir Willam
debris out
der
the
Rash; and forward."
Goschen, Chairman of the London State and
and local police searched the Hospital, acknowledging a donation hoping to find enough to bear of Rs for the hospital which sho girl's story to permit a mur sent him out of the proceeds of her der charge against the gang of dancing display last November. executioner. So far all-they have found are a few bits of Desh near a crater 50 feet long, 25 feet wide, and 20 feet deep.
The Hon. Secretary of the Society: This fellow probably was too weak, or too ill, to migrate with
Police Chief Morstad, convinced of of St. Vincent de Paul wishes to other. members
of the tribe when they left the Salt River valley because the truth of the girl's unusual tale, Inform its Council members and the soll, became waterlogged," Hayden explained. You see his tooth said: "It was the obvious. Intent, of representatives of the various con- were in pretty bad shape, he probably had an awful toothache. And the gangsters to blow both victima ferences that, in view of the Chinese this enlarged knee-cap indicates a bad case of arthritis.
to bits, leaving no trace of their New Year which falls on Thursday, SIAPA small group of the aged and lil folk remained behind in Pueblo deaths.
February 11, the Council meeting to They released Edward Tobin, be held on that day has been post- Grande," Hayden said. “When one of them died, the others were too weak to gather "wood" for cremintlar,"na; was the tribal custom. They
recently released from prison, and poned to the following -- Thursday merely dragged them outside, to what we would call a porch, dug a hole, have issued warrants for two other (February 10) at 8.45pm. In the and buried them
| racketeers.
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